Railway-rail



(No Modem'F L. V. BIIEST.

RAILWAY RAIL.

yNo. 301,952.

' of a base-plate, A, secured by bolts a to the railway-rails'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo LOUIS VANDER BIEST, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,952, dated July 15, 1884.

I Application tiled December 7, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may cencern:

Be it known that I, Louis VANDER BIEsr, a subject of the King of Belgium, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rails, of which the following is ay specification, reference being had thereimto the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in The object of the invention is to simplify the construction of such rails; and t0 that end it consists of the novel construction and combination of certain parts, as will be described and claimed. Y

Reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a section of the rail, and Fig. 2 a section on line 1 1 of Fig. 1.

Like letters refer to like parts in each view.

This rail is adapted to use without any supporting-timbers or cross-ties; and it consists rail proper, B, said bolts being passed through flanges b, formed on the lower edges thereof.

Bail B, which is preferably made of wroughtiron, is hollow, and is provided on its upper face with the projection c, which formsthe surface upon which the car-wheels rest "and move. of cast-iron, and similar in fornr to said rail B, but of such a size as to t snugly therein. The sections of rail B and C are formed of equal lengths,but are arranged in respect to each other so as to break joints, as shown in' Fig. 1. The two are preferably held securely`` base-plate A, provided with openings e, as

and for the purpose set forth. 4

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS VANDER BIEST. Witnesses: i

M. J. CLAGETT, LoUis NoL'rING.

Inserted into rail B is a rail, C, formed 

